Chesapeake Corporation Elects Director
December 11 2007 - 2:40PM
PR Newswire (US)
RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Board of
Directors of Chesapeake Corporation (NYSE:CSK) has elected Mary
Jane Hellyar, executive vice president of Eastman Kodak Company and
president of Kodak's Film Products Group, a director of Chesapeake.
She will replace Dr. Frank S. Royal, a Chesapeake director since
1990, who has retired for health reasons. Hellyar joined Eastman
Kodak in 1982 as a research scientist and has served in a number of
positions, including general manager, Consumer Film Business, and
president, Display and Components Group. She has a bachelor's
degree in chemistry and mathematics from the College of St.
Catherine in St. Paul, Minn., master's and doctoral degrees in
chemical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and
an MBA degree in the management of technology from the Sloan School
at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "We are pleased to
have Dr. Hellyar join our board of directors and look forward to
her contributions, especially in the areas related to her knowledge
of and experience with retail and industrial marketing," said Sir
David Fell, chairman of the Chesapeake board of directors. Royal, a
physician in Richmond, Va., served on all the standing committees
on Chesapeake's board during his tenure, including chairing the
corporate governance and nominating committee. "Frank Royal has
been a sage voice of experience in corporate governance matters on
Chesapeake's board and his fellow directors have benefited from his
broad experience as a corporate director," said Fell. "We will miss
him in our board meeting room." Chesapeake Corporation protects and
promotes the world's great brands as a leading international
supplier of value-added specialty paperboard and plastic packaging.
Headquartered in Richmond, Va., the company is one of Europe's
premier suppliers of folding cartons, leaflets and labels, as well
as plastic packaging for niche markets. Chesapeake has 47 locations
in Europe, North America, Africa and Asia and employs approximately
5,500 people worldwide. DATASOURCE: Chesapeake Corporation CONTACT:
Media, Joseph C. Vagi, Manager - Corporate Communications,
+1-804-697-1110, , or Investors, Joel K. Mostrom, Executive Vice
President & Chief Financial Officer, +1-804-697-1147, , both of
Chesapeake Corporation Web site: http://www.cskcorp.com/
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